Academy@Worden
Academy converter · 660 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Voluntary aided school
Corpus Christi Catholic High School
- Pupils on roll
- 813of 800 places
- Free school meals
- 24.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 156
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 8 July 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Corpus Christi Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 32% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 32% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 150 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 32% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.2 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 28% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.24 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.1 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.1 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 23% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 156 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 156 | 100% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 70% |
| English Literature | 156 | 100% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 155 | 99% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 121 | 78% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 59% |
| Geography | 60 | 38% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 78% |
| History | 58 | 37% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 71% |
| German | 42 | 27% | 5% | 19% | 33% | 81% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 39 | 25% | 8% | 23% | 21% | 82% |
| Physics | 35 | 22% | 23% | 43% | 46% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 35 | 22% | 23% | 60% | 47% | 91% |
| Biology | 35 | 22% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 89% |
| Business Studies | 31 | 20% | 18% | 45% | 20% | 77% |
| Drama | 24 | 15% | 7% | 13% | 27% | 83% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 13% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 55% |
| Photography | 18 | 12% | 6% | 11% | 19% | 61% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 10% | 11% | 53% | 24% | 93% |
| Fine Art | 14 | 9% | 9% | 36% | 28% | 93% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 8% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 62% |
| Polish | 12 | 8% | 1% | 42% | 84% | 92% |
| Spanish | 4 | 3% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Gujarati | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 31 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 13 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 12 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 12 | — | — |
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Alder Grange School
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All Hallows Catholic High School
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.